the cortical-thalamic pause

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        After reading the Null-A novels, I had thought of GS as a discipline for making 
        evaluations and decisions. Van Vogt refers to this system as the 
      
      
        <b>cortical-thalamic pause</b>
      
      
        . 
      
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        Instead of reacting immediately and often blindly to a situation, Null-A teaches us to 
        stop and consider our total reaction and options before responding. This requires training 
        for a person to use successfully, particularly on an automatic level. General Semantics, 
        then, offers a method for improving our ability to reason, evaluate, communicate, etc. It 
        involves the recognition and understanding of our thoughts, feelings, bias, judgments, 
        perceptions, assumptions and inferences. It is definitely beneficial for our best 
        interests and survival.
      
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